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improving the explanation
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exercises/040_pointers2.zig
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// &foo is of type "*u8"
// &bar is of type "*const u8"
//
// You can always make a constant pointer to a variable, but you cannot
// make a variable pointer to a constant. This sounds like a logic puzzle,
// but it just means that once data is declared immutable, you can't
// coerce it to a mutable type. It's a safety thing (to prevent mistakes).
// You can always make a const pointer to a mutable value (var), but
// you cannot make a var pointer to an immutable value (const).
// This sounds like a logic puzzle, but it just means that once data
// is declared immutable, you can't coerce it to a mutable type.
// Think of mutable data as being volatile or even dangerous. Zig
// always lets you be "more safe" and never "less safe."
//
const std = @import("std");